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Actually, 53^8 = 62,259,690,411,361 (not ..360)

Here's a collection of the shortest finish in many games: https://www2.stetson.edu/~efriedma/mathmagic/1112.html

"You can drop a mouse down a thousand-yard mine shaft; and, on arriving at the bottom, it gets a slight shock and walks away, provided that the ground is fairly soft. A rat is kill…

It looks like there is a way to delete: select a section of text (using Shift and arrow keys) then press Enter.

"UK" doesn't seem to be shown on the map. I think "UK" should be replaced by "GB" in the URL.

I'd come across a similar suggestion in a political context. Saying "we want a fair tax system" is meaningless, because any political party could say that. Saying "we want higher t…

The world record stands at 21.19 seconds ( http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/memory.html#cards-speed )

Here's a JavaScript/HTML5/Canvas version. You can view the first 100 diagrams in a grid or view the diagram for the N of your choice. There's also an option to view an alternative …

A tweetable (140 character) single line of Python: print '\n'.join((lambda x:(''.join(x) if x else str(i)))([w+'zz' for (n,w) in ((3,'Fi'),(5,'Bu'),(7,'Ba')) if i%n==0]) for i in r…

Although you also "enjoy" inflation of over 6% pa. In both the US and SA returns are lagging behind inflation by around 1% pa.

One (admittedly rare) counterexample is the late Sir Clement Freud: "We remain together. I call her 'my first wife' to keep her on her toes." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/516…

I had a similar thought a while back when reading "A Clockwork Orange". On page one the slang ("droogs", "horrorshow", "moloko", ...) is rather jarring and it's not entirely clear …